“Entrepreneurship and acting are very similar. Both require the same kind of energy,” Goop CEO and Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow told a crowd during a career retrospective this evening at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia.
Paltrow was among a series of high-profile names, including Halle Berry, Andrew Garfield, and Nic Cage, who were announced as late additions to the festival’s popular ‘In-Conversation’ sidebar in Jeddah.
This evening’s talk was brief in length compared to previous Q&A sessions here at Red Sea, with festival co-chief Jomana Alrashid leading the conversation through Paltrow’s early acting career and transition to Goop founder. “I just took a chance, and people were really surprised.
They didn’t understand what I was doing,” Paltrow said of her transition from Hollywood to wellness brand owner. “I’m really happy I did it because I’ve learned so much through the process of growing this company and working with this team and all of the challenges, whether it be inventory management or Excel.
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